Rev. Dr. John Witherspoon
Joseph Alexis Bailly,
1876 (unconfirmed)
* Statue of John Witherspoon
* standing person,
scroll
* inscription:
front:
A lineal descendant of John Knox
Born in Scotland February 5 1722
Ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church 1745
President of the College of New Jersey 1788-1794
The only clergyman in the Continental Congress
A signer of the Declaration of Independence
Died at Princeton, New Jersey November 15, 1794
right:
For my own part of property I have some of reputation. More, that
reputation is staked, that property is pledged, on the issue of this contest.
And although these grey hairs must soon descend into sepulchre I
would infinitely rather that they descend thither by the hand
of the executioner than desert at this crisis the sacred cause
of my country.
left:
"Proclaim liberty throughout the land and to all its inhabitants
thereof" -Levit. XX 10
* North side of the East end loop of the Horticulture Center.
N. Horticulture Drive. East of Belmont.
* 39.984050,-75.208900 [map]
* On the West Park tour.
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's John Witherspoon page

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